Apia (Carolina Garcia)

BIO

Apia (Carolina V. Garcia / b.1977, Chile) is a multidisciplinary artist based in South Florida. Garcia is a self-taught artist with a degree in Engineering. She works seamlessly with acrylics, gouache, and watercolors. Her format goes from miniature painting to large 3D installations. The focus is on opening spaces to talk about inclusion and what is necessary to achieve it. This ultimately drives the materials and format selected for the work. Solo exhibitions include the upcoming “Exaggerations of History” and “Hi and Hello World” at the Coral Spring Museum of Art in Coral Springs, Florida (Mar 2023). Selected Group exhibitions include “Candyland” at The Frank Ortis Gallery in Pembroke Pines, Florida (May–Jun 2022), “AC Contemporary” at Art on Paper in New York City, New York (Sept 2022), “Los Colores de Miami” at the Instituto Cultural de Mexico in Miami, Florida (Sept-Oct 2022) and, Aqua Art Miami (Dec 2022). Apia received the Artist Innovation Grant (March 2022) and an Artist Support Grant (Aug 2022) from the Broward Cultural Division. Garcia’s work is in private collections in the US, Chile, and France.